Difference between revisions of "Phlegon"
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== Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_56911" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_56911" /> == | ||
<p> (Φλέγων, a Greek name) </p> <p> [[Phlegon]] is the second of a group of five names (all Greek) of persons ‘and the brethren with them’ saluted by St. Paul in Romans 16:14, probably as forming a household church at Rome or [[Ephesus]] under the leadership of Asyncritus, the first mentioned (cf. the group saluted in Romans 16:15, of which [[Philologus]] and [[Julia]] were perhaps the joint heads). Possibly all were greeted by the [[Apostle]] as leaders of the congregation by virtue of seniority as Christians. See artt._ Asyncritus, Patrobas. </p> <p> | <p> (Φλέγων, a Greek name) </p> <p> [[Phlegon]] is the second of a group of five names (all Greek) of persons ‘and the brethren with them’ saluted by St. Paul in Romans 16:14, probably as forming a household church at Rome or [[Ephesus]] under the leadership of Asyncritus, the first mentioned (cf. the group saluted in Romans 16:15, of which [[Philologus]] and [[Julia]] were perhaps the joint heads). Possibly all were greeted by the [[Apostle]] as leaders of the congregation by virtue of seniority as Christians. See artt._ Asyncritus, Patrobas. </p> <p> T. B. Allworthy. </p> | ||
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_74486" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_74486" /> == | ||
<p> '''Phle'gon.''' ''( | <p> '''Phle'gon.''' ''(Burning).'' A [[Christian]] at Rome, whom St. Paul salutes. Romans 16:14. (A.D.55). Pseudo-Hippolytus makes him one of the seventy disciples and bishop of Marathon. </p> | ||
== Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary <ref name="term_48452" /> == | == Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary <ref name="term_48452" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> A friend of the apostle Paul. ( Romans 16:14) His name is taken from a Greek word signifying burning. </p> | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_53311" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_53311" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> | <p> <strong> PHLEGON </strong> . The name of a Christian greeted by St. Paul in Romans 16:14 . </p> | ||
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_68232" /> == | == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_68232" /> == | ||
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== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_37041" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_37041" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> A Christian whom Paul salutes ( Romans 16:14). </p> | ||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_43181" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_43181" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_55625" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_55625" /> == | ||
<p> (Φλεγων '', | <p> (Φλεγων '', Burning),'' one of the [[Christians]] of Rome to whom Paul sent his salutations ( Romans 16:14). A.D. 55. The legend (apud Dorotheus) makes him to have been one of the seventy disciples, and bishop of Marathon. So likewise Pseudo-Hippolytus ''(De [[Lxx]] Apostolis).'' He is said to have suffered mar.tyrdom on April 8 ''(Martyrologium Romanumn,'' apud Estium), on which day he is commemorated in the calendar of the Byzantine Church. </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_7109" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_7109" /> == |